Craft Focus - August/September 2025 (Issue 1110)

26 NY NOW Summer 2025 In the current environment of trade tariffs and supply chain uncertainty, buyers tasked with maintaining and developing retailer inventories are turning to the NY NOW 2025 Summer Market B2B tradeshow as an established and reliable supplier channel. Scheduled for 3rd to 5th August, 2025, at NYC’s Javits Centre, attendance from buyers representing retailers both large and small is anticipated to far exceed 10,000. This large group of buyers is coming to connect in advance of the holiday sales season with an expected 500+ exhibitors offering thousands of the most trending gift, home, and accessories products from the world’s leading manufacturing brands. “With growing uncertainty among retailers regarding their holiday season inventories, finding and maintaining reliable sources for innovative, trending and high-quality products has never been more important,” said Matthew Mathiasen, Show Director of NY NOW. “Among our thousands of attendees who have already registered for the show, independent retailers in particular are showing resilience in their sourcing strategies, and the NY NOW exhibiting suppliers are working in advance to ensure that they are aligned with buyers’ needs in this dynamic and challenging environment.” Hundreds of exhibiting suppliers representing thousands of leading global brands have already committed to NY NOW Summer 2025. Among them is the Harper Group, a major US-based B2B wholesale agency which as a single exhibitor represents 75+ leading home, gift, accessories, fragrance, publishing, and lifestyle brands. In addition to the Harper Group, the following is a selected sampling of notable exhibitors across these vast and broad product categories that will be at NY NOW Summer 2025: DesignWorks Collective, Kikkerland, DECO BOKO, Cody Foster and Co, Ty Inc, Brittany Paige, JPT America, Oh My Mahjong, Viverano, and Matr Boomie. Nearly 7,000 qualified buyers have already registered for NY NOW Summer 2025 with well over 10,000 total expected to be in attendance in August. A selected sampling of notable buyers and buyer groups currently committed to attending, and their respective product categories are listed below: Home: Pottery Barn, Home Nature, Jayson Home, Paper Source, and Zabars. Gift & Lifestyle: Scholastic Online, Hildreth’s, Jung Lee, Garnet Hill, MOTTO, Fire Opal, Draper James, NIC+ZOE, FabFitFun, Dylans Candy Bar, and Sands Casino. Publishing: Barnes & Noble, and Books-A-Million. “The lineup of both exhibiting suppliers and buyers that have already committed to NY NOW Summer 2025 is indicative of the success we expect in August in bringing these groups together in forming key supply chain relationships,” Mathiasen added. “As always, what NY NOW does best is to create an unparalleled sourcing experience featuring thousands of the most trending products while helping buyers and suppliers maintain and strengthen those relationships that are the lifeline of their business.” For more information on NY NOW or to learn about upcoming events, visit www.nynow.com

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